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ideas@iimt

ideas@iimt Award is a prize that aims to boost and encourage the development of new ideas, technologies, and entrepreneurial spirit within the university campus. The prize of CHF 1’500,- is financed by the iimt Alumni and has the ambition of helping students to reach their goals.

Until the year 2021, ideas@iimt has served as the first pre- incubator inside the Unifr campus, providing early-stage coaching and consulting, with a practice-oriented approach. Our success story includes an average of 4 funded projects per year, 5 external awards won, and the creation of 2 start-ups.

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smart living lab

The smart living lab is a cutting-edge, inter-disciplinary and cross-institutional reseach and development centre for built environment of the future, whose aim is to achieve energy efficiency, digital transformation, and the well-being of its users. The Smart Living Lab combines a multitude of research areas and expertise of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR) and the University of Fribourg (UNIFR), focusing on both tecnical and societal aspects of built environment. It aims to be a centre of national scope, recognised on an international level and involving a variety of players and institutions.

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Swiss Living Challenge

Teams from all over the world are welcome to design and produce an energy efficient living unit without any restrictions in comfort and attractiveness. Furthermore, actual and future energy challenges have to be considered. The Solar Decathlon contest offer a unique opportunity to create educational programmes in the field of architecture and engineering by working together in a concrete project.